With so much political and economic uncertainty in the country currently, there’s a lot of talk of the effect that any decision will have on our economy. Apart from an occasional voting opportunity, we feel relatively powerless to effect any substantial change. We can campaign, protest and tweet all we like, but the sad fact is that each one of us represents approximately 0.0000015% of the UK’s population, so it’s unlikely our voice is going to resonate particularly loudly....

Occupational health provider APL Health has announced a new virtual platform, Smart Clinic. This service provides organisations around the UK with a video chat system to conduct occupational health and wellbeing appointments using a smartphone or computer. ...

14th to 20th May is mental health awareness week, an initiative in place to raise the general profile and understanding of mental health issues. We’re marking this by discussing the economic and wellbeing effects of primary school mental health counselling, and giving you some practical suggestions of simple ideas you could implement to celebrate mental health awareness week. ...

With less than two months now until the GDPR becomes enforceable, there is a lot of interest and concern over what preparations need to be made, and exactly what has changed. As an occupational health provider, our main areas of expertise surround health care and medical fitness for work. Therefore we’re responsible for the processing of medical information – something that has a lot of focus within the GDPR. ...

We may not give a second thought to our immediate environment, the shops and leisure options available to us, and the impact it may have on our health choices. However, how our towns and cities are designed can play a huge part in the health choices we make. ...

We are looking for a PHP developer who is dedicated to their craft, writes code they are proud of, and can hit the ground running. We need you to write beautiful, efficient PHP to a high standard, in a timely, scalable manner that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways....

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and ambitious occupational health practitioner to join a fast-developing company. APL Health are looking for a senior occupational health nurse or occupational health supervisor with good experience looking for a new and exciting challenge. The role involves supervising a small team and overseeing their clinical activity, training staff, case management and being involved in projects....

Deputy Head of Mrs Ethelson’s C of E Primary School Katy Lyons sweeps the inaugural APL Health National Teacher of the Year. ...